Finish for Christmas

joejoem

I see the boards numbers are dropping.... Well the amount of posts seems to be... What date do you finish for Christmas? I think I finish on Thursday the 22nd.

petes

joejoem wrote:

I see the boards numbers are dropping.... Well the amount of posts seems to be... What date do you finish for Christmas? I think I finish on Thursday the 22nd.

Same. And the christmas party is on that night too:)

Siogfinsceal

im not getting any days off except boxing day. im so depressed about it my boss promised me the firat week of jan off in return and has double crossed me and denied it ive no days off til 2nd week of jan and she has every day off. my boyf lives 2hrs away so I was lookin 4ward 2 seein him at xmas

LegacyUser

petes wrote:

Same. And the christmas party is on that night too:)

i've my christmas party tonight too, but have work tomorrow, the muppets.

finished friday week, grrrrrrrr

county

christmas day and boxing day is all i have off,god i hate the catering industry:mad:

monkeyfudge

I'll probably work on the day itself in order to avoid the family.

Kernel

Siogfinsceal wrote:

im not getting any days off except boxing day. im so depressed about it my boss promised me the firat week of jan off in return and has double crossed me and denied it ive no days off til 2nd week of jan and she has every day off. my boyf lives 2hrs away so I was lookin 4ward 2 seein him at xmas

Boxing day? Oh, you mean St. Stephens Day!

Siogfinsceal

same thing !

thelordofcheese

i finish work on the 23rd of december, then i go back... well never.
Huzzah for unemploynment!


wait a second....

Kernel

Siogfinsceal wrote:

same thing !

Maybe in Kildare, but here in Dublin we don't consider ourselves part of the Union anymore!

joejoem

Except Darndale, they can have darndale

Santa Claus

Due to time zones, I'll be working up until about 5pm Irish time on christmas day....Count yourselves lucky !

Binomate

Kernel wrote:

Maybe in Kildare, but here in Dublin we don't consider ourselves part of the Union anymore!

I do actually.

I've been off college since last Friday, not back untill Feburary. Time to get a job me thinks.

Siogfinsceal

kernel its nothing to do with union or anything. i have no interest in politics, never will. fars im concerned if theres 2 names for a day than whichever one people choose to use then i know what they mean. cant understand peopel gettign het up over what words i use to describe the 26th december

monkeyfudge

Siogfinsceal wrote:

kernel its nothing to do with union or anything. i have no interest in politics, never will. fars im concerned if theres 2 names for a day than whichever one people choose to use then i know what they mean. cant understand peopel gettign het up over what words i use to describe the 26th december

It really is only a term that is used in Commonwealth countries though. Most European countries would refer to it as St. Stephens day.

Personally I find the term 'Boxing day' carries a lot of classist bagage so I'd tend to avoid it.

Siogfinsceal

again, the 2 mean the same to me so im not bothered which someone uses. why do people disagreements over something so silly

LegacyUser

Siogfinsceal wrote:

im not getting any days off except boxing day.

Boxing Day? where are you from? we celebrate St Stephens day in the republic!

Roar

after 6pm this evening i'm off for 6 days, then have to work 5 days up to xmas eve, off xmas day, back stevens day, then i've 6 days off for the new year, so its not too bad..

LegacyUser

I finish Friday 23rd and I am back to work Tuesday 3rd Jan.
Thats one of the great things about finishing college, you actually get holidays!
When your in college, your generally working part time, which means working all over xmas and new years.
I worked in a cinema which opened on new years day! Can you imagine the state of the staff??

Siogfinsceal

tis all the same who cares what ya call it

dahooligan

Siogfinsceal wrote:

again, the 2 mean the same to me so im not bothered which someone uses. why do people disagreements over something so silly

I celebrate March 17th nearly every year.. and all the Irish people keep refering to it as St Patricks Day.. I don't know why they keep getting worked up about it when I simply refer to it as March 17th Day..

*please note the severe undertone of sarcasm with this reply, it is St. Stephen's day in fairness!

LegacyUser

Siogfinsceal wrote:

tis all the same who cares what ya call it

Well judging by the amount of replys highlighting your error, I would have to say its quite obvious that a lot of people care what ya call it.

Sorry, I don't mean to nit pick, it is the holiday season after all, but for some people, it genuinely is a big deal.
My nanny would have a stroke if she heard you calling it boxing day

Vikings

Im off on the 23rd, then in on the 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th (nights) ... but I get new years off .

Siogfinsceal

typical. having a really crap week , reply to a post on boards and a load of ye start moaning about the fact that I called it boxing day instead of st stephens day good god must i proof read everything i type just to make sure it doesnt upset anyone. no theres so much political unrest in this country. I dont care what people call it or what religion they are or where they come from i take them as they are so its sad to see people take offense to something so little and turn it in to an arguement.

BoozyBabe

monkeyfudge wrote:

It really is only a term that is used in Commonwealth countries though. Most European countries would refer to it as St. Stephens day.

Personally I find the term 'Boxing day' carries a lot of classist bagage so I'd tend to avoid it.

I call it Boxing Day, so do all around me, St. Stephens Day is too long winded for me, but I don't mind what people call it, it means the same to me

joejoem

Siogfinsceal wrote:

typical. having a really crap week , reply to a post on boards and a load of ye start moaning about the fact that I called it boxing day instead of st stephens day good god must i proof read everything i type just to make sure it doesnt upset anyone. no theres so much political unrest in this country. I dont care what people call it or what religion they are or where they come from i take them as they are so its sad to see people take offense to something so little and turn it in to an arguement.

Its just people trying to feel smart, dont worry about it.

Kernel

Siogfinsceal wrote:

typical. having a really crap week , reply to a post on boards and a load of ye start moaning about the fact that I called it boxing day instead of st stephens day good god must i proof read everything i type just to make sure it doesnt upset anyone. no theres so much political unrest in this country. I dont care what people call it or what religion they are or where they come from i take them as they are so its sad to see people take offense to something so little and turn it in to an arguement.

It's all right, just don't call it boxing day. I still love you anyway. Mwah!

Tar.Aldarion

Hmm, finish on the seventeenth. Come on, get there faster

Creamy Goodness

Binomate wrote:

I do actually.

I've been off college since last Friday, not back untill Feburary. Time to get a job me thinks.

same here,

a job is really in order

GeorgeBailey

sillysausage wrote:

Well judging by the amount of replys highlighting your error, I would have to say its quite obvious that a lot of people care what ya call it.

Thing is though, it's not an error. I call it boxing day because that's what I've always called it and become more determined to do so by bufoons insisting it MUST be called St. Stephen's day.

TerrorFirmer

Finish on the 23rd, off until the 3rd, can't wait.

23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30, 31st, 1th, 2nd.....

......yep, it feels better when you write it out!

Man I can't wait! Exictement, excitement! The office party is on the 20th.

I pity people who have work Stephens day. Must really suck. Last year I worked Christmas Eve, but I didn't care, after all, its christmas eve and all I could think about was how great the next day would be!

Tres bien

Finish on the 23rd, off until the 3rd, can't wait.

23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30, 31st, 1th, 2nd.....

Do you work on the 23rd if so you only have 10 days off not 11

Femelade

i dunno what days i'm working or what days i'm off.
i just usually get a phone call at the start of the week and my boss lists out the hours. i pick which ones i want to do. handy.

but last yr i chose to work the day after stephens day... my boyf decided to break up wit me on stephens nite, very bad nite,very heartbroken, got very drunk, so very sick the following day.

christmas party on 22nd! whoo hoo. free bar all nite!

Creamy Goodness

MobileInfantry wrote:

Finish on the 23rd, off until the 3rd, can't wait.

23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30, 31st, 1th, 2nd.....

......yep, it feels better when you write it out!

Man I can't wait! Exictement, excitement! The office party is on the 20th.

I pity people who have work Stephens day. Must really suck. Last year I worked Christmas Eve, but I didn't care, after all, its christmas eve and all I could think about was how great the next day would be!

lol, you want me to write out the days i'm off?

TerrorFirmer

Cremo wrote:

lol, you want me to write out the days i'm off?

Ah yeah, but you don't get paid for them!

Binomate

I think I will as well, just to rub it in that little bit further.

Creamy Goodness

i will if i get a job...

here we go...

dec
12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th.

jan
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th.

back on the 30th.


feel much better now :P

TerrorFirmer

But surely that defeats the point! You can't be working AND have the time off!

So you'll either have

1) Loads free time, no money!
2) A lowly paid job, much less free time!

Either way, I prefer my situation :v:

petes

MobileInfantry wrote:

Finish on the 23rd, off until the 3rd, can't wait.

23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30, 31st, 1th, 2nd.....

......yep, it feels better when you write it out!

Man I can't wait! Exictement, excitement! The office party is on the 20th.

I pity people who have work Stephens day. Must really suck. Last year I worked Christmas Eve, but I didn't care, after all, its christmas eve and all I could think about was how great the next day would be!

Same as these days excepth finish half day on 22nd. Woohoo.

Binomate

MobileInfantry wrote:

But surely that defeats the point! You can't be working AND have the time off!

So you'll either have

1) Loads free time, no money!
2) A lowly paid job, much less free time!

Either way, I prefer my situation :v:

December:
12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th.

January:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th.

This is time off from what we primarily do. In that free time we can choose to do what ever we want (work, laze about allday etc.) It's in our free time so working counts as free time for us.

Siogfinsceal

aww thanx kernel! ya i was just in a bad mood earlier hate when that happens!

TerrorFirmer

I dunno about you, but outside of technicalites (because thats what they are), I hardly count my working time as personal free time

Its like saying "Oh yeah, two weeks off work, cant wait"*

*But I'm working those two weeks in another job

dundalk cailin

i finish exams on friday, then head home sunday

start classes on 3rd though :mad: so early!!!

LegacyUser

dundalk cailin wrote:

i finish exams on friday, then head home sunday

start classes on 3rd though :mad: so early!!!

What do you do in college? are you fluent in french now?
How long do you have to study in france for?
What are you going to do when your all finished? Is this your final year?
Did you know anyone in France when you went over?
I am a big sissy, I don't think I could handle leaving in a strange country with stranger people.

rugbug86

i'm finished friday, exams start on the 16th jan. back in college on 6th feb.

Steve_o

Finished last friday but had to come back to finish project this week.....argh!!!:mad:

petes

sillysausage wrote:

What do you do in college? are you fluent in french now?
How long do you have to study in france for?
What are you going to do when your all finished? Is this your final year?
Did you know anyone in France when you went over?
I am a big sissy, I don't think I could handle leaving in a strange country with stranger people.

Just the one or two questions there:)

LegacyUser

petes wrote:

Just the one or two questions there:)

Sorry, I am very nosy!

Piste

St. Stephen's Day is the day after Christmas. Boxing Day is the first weekday after Christmas (the Asian tsunami this year occured on St. Stephen's day and NOT Boxing Day as Sky News kept daying :mad:)

*pedantic*

I get off on the 22nd.

I also get off School on the 22nd

monkeyfudge

Piste wrote:

*pedantic*

Yep.. that's right... I was going to say that but didn't want to upset anyone further.

And lets not get started on all that Wren's day stuff as I really don't understand most of that myself.

Iago

finished tomorrow until 3rd Jan :D